From NC Newsline:
About one in six people released from North Carolina prisons in 2023 were homeless, according to figures provided to NC Newsline — a rate the state hopes to cut in half by 2030.
That goal is one part of an executive order issued by Gov. Roy Cooper in January to improve reentry supports for people getting out of prison. In issuing that mandate, Cooper set a series of ambitious goals, enrolling North Carolina in a national initiative known as Reentry 2030.
Newsline requested data from the Department of Adult Correction to see the baseline metrics Cooper aims to improve by the year 2030. Those goals, and their baselines, are below:
Reduce the number of people released from prison to homelessness by 50%
Last year, about 3,000 of the roughly 18,000 people released from state prisons were homeless. Because the number of people released from prison fluctuates every year, the state is attempting to cut in half the percentage of people released to homelessness — approximately 17% — not the raw number. Continue reading >>>>
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